To My Church Family
Thank you for the texts, calls, cards, and prayers during our father’s illness and death. You love and support is very comforting.
Virginia B Milligan
Louise & Frank C. Burrell
Baby Shower for Emily Stephens
Baby Shower for Emily Stephens baby boy
September 10, 2:00 to 3:30
The Gathering Room
Granddaughter of Jim and Jennie Hunter
Daughter of Matt Hunter
Registered at Babies R Us
Chris E Burrell Memorial Service and Funeral Arrangements
Chris E Burrell, father of Virginia Milligan and Frank Burrell, died Tuesday morning. He was 95 years old. Services will be held at Appalachian Funeral Home on Thursday. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Masonic rites at Fairview cemetery.
Nursing Home Visit
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH VISITS NURSING HOME
Sunday, August 27, our church will be visiting Mountain Trace. We will meet there a little before 2:00 pm for a devotion and music service. Come and show our shut-ins that they are still part of our church. Stop by the Loving Kindness Room and pick up a bag of magazines to take with you. For more information contact Sandra James, 828-736-3171.
Backpack Program
The Dorothy Edwards Circle wishes to thank everyone who participated in the backpack program. It's a ministry that helps parents provide school supplies and helps children feel wanted and as prepared as their peers. We at FBC love all children.
Gaye Buchanan
Circles of Hope Update
The long term goal of Circles of Hope Jackson County is to move 10% of the county’s population out of poverty. We have 9000 people in the county living below the poverty level making our goal 900 people. Our goal each year is to move 20 families out of poverty.
We work to help them get a living wage job or an education that will lead to a living wage job. The Circle Leaders (those living in poverty who must take a leadership role in their journey out of poverty) attend 16 weeks of training after which they are assigned an Ally who serves as a friend, cheer leader, and resource person. The Circle Leaders continue to come each week for the next year or two. We provide a healthy meal each week and child care.
We have been in operation only 3 years and are now ranked in the top 30% of the national Circles organizations. The first year we spent 6 months getting organized and then worked with only 5 Circle Leaders while we learned the program.The second year we worked with 2 groups of six each and this year we have 7 in each class. Only 2 of the 31 clients we have had in the program did not graduate from the 16 weeks of classes. 50% of our graduates have gotten better paying jobs. 30% now have stable housing, and 30% have gone back to school. One has started her own business.
First Baptist Church has been an integral part of this effort by allowing Circles to use our facility for meetings and childcare. We are very thankful for your continued support.
Ginger Fullbright
Ann Melton
Circles of Hope Volunteers
Ramp Building Crew
Thank you to our ramp building crew for loving our neighbors by helping them to access their home more easily.
Baby Shower for Julie and Zack Faulkenberry
Please join us for a baby shower honoring Zack and Julie Faulkenberry as we help them prepare for their new baby boy, Kuechly James. The shower will be Sunday, July 30th, 2 - 3:30 PM in the Mission Fellowship Center. The couple is registered at Babies R Us and Target.
Kitchen Stove Moved
We would like to thank Harold Messer and his hearty crew of men who helped to move an old--and very cumbersome!--stove out of the downstairs kitchen.
A Note from Meghan Beddingfield
Dear First Baptist Church,
I want to thank you all for your support, care, guidance, and love throughout the years. I feel so lucky to have grown up in First Baptist Church. It still feels like home to me and you all made a wonderful impact in my life. Through your thoughts, prayers, cards, and visits, First Baptist remains close to my heart always.
Love,
Rev. Meghan Beddingfield